Pub With No Beer chords by Slim Dusty

Chords with lyrics

Standard Tuning
Time signature: 3/4 Approx. 110bpm

Each chord goes for 2 bars (6 beats) except the G* and C* which go for 1 bar each (3 beats)
Between verses, the C majorC can be strummed at length as desired


Verse 1
    C majorC            FF
Oh it's lonesome away from your kindred and all
    G+G              G*      C*
By the campfire at night where the wild dingoes call
      C majorC          FF
But there's nothin' so lonesome, morbid or drear
    G+G           G*     C majorC
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer

Verse 2
    C majorC             FF
Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
     G+G          G*     C*
There's a faraway look on the face of the bum
  C majorC               FF
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
    G+G          G*     C majorC
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer


Verse 3
  C majorC             FF
The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat
      G+G           G*      C*
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat
    C majorC             FF
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
     G+G            G*      C majorC
When the barman says sadly, 'The pub's got no beer'


Verse 4
   C majorC             FF
Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies
  G+G                G*       C*
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes
  C majorC             FF
But when he is told he says, 'What's this I hear?
       G+G            G*     C majorC
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!'

Verse 5
     C majorC              FF
There's a dog on the v'randah, for his master he waits
    G+G            G*      C*
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
  C majorC            FF
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
    G+G            G*     C majorC
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer


Verse 6
  C majorC                FF
Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life
  G+G            G*     C*
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
  C majorC                    FF
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, my dear"
    G+G                   G*      C majorC
Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer


Verse 1 (repeat)
    C majorC            FF
So it's lonesome away from your kindred and all
    G+G              G*      C*
By the campfire at night where the wild dingoes call
      C majorC          FF
But there's nothin' so lonesome, morbid or drear
    G+G           G*     C majorC
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer